Billionaire VC Vinod Khosla proposes scrapping taxes for 125 million Americans amid AI job fears

Winners & losers: As AI becomes increasingly capable of performing human jobs, fears of mass unemployment keep growing. Billionaire investor Vinod Khosla suggests one way to deal with the problem is to scrap taxes for up to 125 million people in the coming decades, and that the government offsets the lost revenue by increasing capital gains taxes and eliminating certain tax breaks.

Amazon quietly cancels Blue Jay warehouse robot months after debut

TP-Link sued by Texas over alleged China-linked hacking access

Refurbished PC sales surge in Europe as memory shortages drive up prices

Cyberpunk 2077 is now playable on high-end Android phones using PC emulation

New study finds security gaps in Bitwarden, LastPass, and Dashlane

Extreme upscaling: What happens when DLSS turns 38x22 pixels into 4K?

The big picture: Nvidia DLSS has been a divisive feature since its introduction almost exactly seven years ago. While some users accuse developers of relying too heavily on upscaling to maintain high frame rates, others praise its ability to reconstruct clear images from fewer pixels. Pushing the latest implementation to its limits helps reveal how it pulls off this feat.

TeamSpeak sees massive surge as frustrated Discord users jump ship

Researchers uncover firmware-level backdoor installed on several Android tablet brands

Meta patents AI that could continue posting on social media on behalf of deceased users

Virtual Boy app now available for Switch, but you'll need a special accessory to play

This exoplanet system formed backwards, and nobody can explain why

IT worker tried to destroy an SSD with a drill and failed spectacularly

Facepalm: A viral post on Reddit highlights the importance of proper data disposal practices. According to the story, a company's "IT guy" used a drill to destroy a solid-state drive before salvaging it. The problem? He drilled a single hole through the center of the casing, piercing the shell but never touching the small PCB inside – effectively making the attempt at data destruction useless.

Sony's new system can identify original tracks inside AI-generated music

SlimeVR's new trackers ditch cameras for affordable and lightweight full-body motion capture

Valve confirms Steam Deck OLED is out of stock due to memory shortages

Paying off your Verizon phone online could delay unlocking by 35 days

Dutch police arrest man on hacking charges after sending him confidential files by mistake

Kawasaki unveils world's first gas engine fueled by a 30% hydrogen blend

Western Digital's HDD production for 2026 is already sold out

In context: Western Digital is one of the few remaining hard disk drive manufacturers in the world. According to its latest earnings call, the company now does most of its business with AI data center providers – and they are purchasing as many HDDs as possible, years ahead of schedule.

Apple set to unveil new iPhone, MacBooks, iPads at March 4 event

Micron's world-first PCIe Gen 6 SSD doubles data rates for AI data centers